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The Statistical Analysis of the Result of the National Students Physical
Health Standard in 2012 in Jianghan University
CAI Qifei
The PE Department of Jianghan University, 430056
Abstract: Having analyzed the statistic of our students taking part in the test of National Students
Physical Health Standard in 2012, we found that 48.43% of the students reached the standard of figure;
and in special physical qualities, such as endurance, strength and explosive power, more than 99.39% of
them have passed the standard. In terms of the general standard of our nation, the physical quality of
students in our school has been improved, which has a certain relation with the teaching arrangement
that some tests of National Students Physical Health have been blended into the PE curricula, and also
has a certain relation with the close combination of the evaluation of students and the graduation with
National Students Physical Health.
Keywords: Jianghan University, Undergraduate, The National Students Physical Health Standard,
Statistic
1 Object and the Methods of Study
1.1 Object of study: 14870 students who have participated in the test of National Students Physical
Health in 2012 and have got their records.
1.2 Methods of study: Mathematical statistics, which means that having got the numerical value of the
effective results of the participants, we have analyzed them by statistical methods.
1.3 Survey methods: By the discussion between teachers and students, the regular PE teaching and the
like, I have had a rational analysis of the numerical value that we have got and have put forwards with
suggestions to make the work better in the future.
2 Result and Analysis
2.1 In the aspect of body figure, it is still “big in the both ends and small in the middle”
In terms of the years that the undergraduates were born in our school now, they were almost born in
1990s. Although they have shown the characteristics of Chinese examination-oriented education, which
indicates that they have better ability in thinking, in analysis to the objectives and in accepting the
information than the people who were born in 1980s, the general trend of their figures has followed the
trend of people born in 1980s, which refers to the current situation that the undergraduates who are
underweight (“Sprouts” Type) and those who are overweight (“Obesity” Type) takes up more
persentage than those who are standard- weight. This is the
Table 1 The general rank in standard weight among the students of Jianghan University by grades and
gender
Grade
The
Overunderweight Standard
OverObesity
Number of
weight
weight
（%）
weight （%）
（%）
Samples
(%)
（%）
Freshman
Male
1855
5.5
31.64
40.97
5.98
15.9
female
2138
3.65
41.07
48.36
3.98
2.95
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sophomore
Junior
Senior
Total
Total
3993
4.51
36.69
44.93
4.91
8.97
Male
1745
5.5
31.17
43.95
7.11
12.26
Female
2031
2.17
39.04
54.85
2.41
1.53
Total
3776
3.71
35.41
49.81
4.58
6.49
Male
1681
5.35
26.59
46.46
7.56
14.04
Female
1996
4.81
40.93
50.35
2.51
1.4
Total
3677
5.06
34.38
48.57
4.81
7.18
Male
1572
4.64
24.43
47.14
9.29
14.5
Female
1852
3.4
39.63
53.94
1.84
1.19
Total
3424
3.97
32.65
50.82
5.26
7.3
14870
4.32
34.86
48.43
4.88
7.51
Seeing from the Table 1, we can find that the obesity rate of male in all the grades is between 12%-16%
while the obesity rate keeps under 3%, which indicates that it is common that the male undergraduates
have had the high-fat, high-protein and some other high-energy food more often. But there is not much
difference of the obesity rate from grade one to grade two, which also means that those fatty boys have
hardly changed their figures by taking exercise. By discussion, we have found that they have not been
fatty since entering the university campus, but they love the high-energy food, such as KFC, McDonald,
and Coca Cola, and they have been fattier than the peers in their senior high school. Compared to the
obesity, the number and the percentage of those who are underweight has been falling down, which has
a certain relation with the scientific die structure, and furthermore, it is also related to the strict control
of the food price in our canteen.
2.2 The average grades of the test fit the average evaluation of the students
Since the Minister of Education as well as the State Physical Culture Administration declared a joint
document – the National Students Physical Health Standard (short for “the Standard” in the later part)
in 2007, it has been forced to implement by the government despite the impugnment from society. For
the students, it takes a longer period and more society factors to see the actual influence of taking
exercises to them. So far, students participate in those tests that the Standard required in order to win the
evaluation of students, the National Scholarship or the President Scholarship and some other
scholarships. According to the sixth principle of the Implementing Measures of the National Students
Physical Health Standard, undergraduates who intend to win the evaluation of students must get
“Good” class in the tests, which means whose score should be above 75. Jianghan University has strictly
executed this principle to the various kinds of evaluation of school level and nation level since 2008.
Therefore, the results of the tests from the undergraduates in Jianghan University are presented as
following: (in Table 2: About the general situation of the number of samples and average by different
grades and genders.)
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Table 2 About the general situation of the number of samples and average by different grades and genders
Grades
Male
Female
Total
Average
Freshman
The Number
of Samples
1855
Average
72.2
The Number
of Samples
2138
Average
70.43
The Number
of Samples
3993
Sophomore
1745
73.1
2031
73.35
3776
73.24
Junior
1681
73.06
1996
73.13
3677
73.1
Senior
1572
71.52
1852
71.95
3424
71.75
Total
6853
72.48
8017
72.19
14870
72.33
71.25
As we can see, the average of all the tests is 72.33, which seems a little bit low. But considering the
requirements of school-level evaluation of students, and the principles in the Standard that being above
60 is accessible to win the evaluation of students, which means if a student intends to get the third-class
scholarship, his (or her) score of the tests in the Standard is at least 60, the average of 72.33 is
reasonable. Seeing from Table 3, we can understand how well that the principle fits the measures of
evaluation of students.
Table 3 About the overall situation of the number of samples and the percentage that different classes of
comprehensive evaluation take up by different grades and gender
Grade
The Number Excellent
Good
Passing
Failing
of Samples
（%）
（%）
（%）
（%）
Freshman
Sophomor
e
Junior
Senior
Total
Male
1855
0.97
38.44
56.5
4.1
Female
2138
0.42
26.85
70.07
2.67
Total
3993
0.68
32.23
63.76
3.33
Male
1745
1.83
41.6
51.12
5.44
Female
2031
1.62
42
54.8
1.58
Total
3776
1.72
41.82
53.1
3.36
Male
1681
1.61
43.78
47.53
7.08
Female
1996
1.35
39.38
57.26
2
Total
3677
1.47
41.39
52.81
4.32
Male
1572
1.21
34.48
54.58
9.73
Female
1852
0.59
31.32
65.77
2.32
Total
3424
0.88
32.77
60.63
5.72
14870
1.18
37.05
57.63
4.14
The excellent students who have won the annual evaluation of student, the school-level scholarship and
nation-level scholarship take up 34.7% of all the undergraduates. And, we can find that the rate of
“Good” class is just 37.05%, which fits the rate of excellent students. Relatively, the rate that the
freshmen and the seniors intend to win the evaluation of students is lower than the other two grades,
hence the competition of the scholarship among the sophomores and the juniors is intense, and the rate
of “Good” class is above 40%. It is inextricably linked to the guide of school reward. Once we talked
with the undergraduates, they said directly that they would take exercises for two months and even
longer to prepare the tests and they would mainly aim at the events required by the Standard with the
purpose to get the National Scholarship and the President Scholarship.
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2.3 The quality of endurance and strength tends to be same and there is much to improve
By analyzing the statistic in Table 4, we think that the overall trends of undergraduates participating in
the tests of long-distance running, standing jump and full sphere in our school goes to be same, which
means that it maintains at the intermediate level.
Table 4 The comprehensive statistic table about the number of samples, average, standard deviation of
Jianghan University students distinguished by grades, gender, urban and rural
Events
Long-distance Running
Standing Long Jump
The
Number
of
Samples
Average
Standard
Deviation
The
Number
of
Samples
Full Sphere
Average
Standard
Deviation
The
Number
of
Samples
Average
Standard
Deviation
Urban
Urban
Urban
Urban
Urban
Urban
Urban
Urban
Urban
Fresh
man
Male
1855
237.43
17.84
1855
2.33
0.15
1855
9.16
1.36
Female
2138
234.99
15.42
2138
1.75
0.14
2138
6.42
0.71
Sopho
more
Male
1745
238.86
19.95
1745
2.32
0.16
1745
9.39
1.34
Female
2031
234.4
16.57
2031
1.75
0.14
2031
6.64
0.59
Junior
Male
1681
242.46
20.7
1681
2.39
0.16
1681
9.17
1.27
Female
1996
237.03
17.1
1996
1.79
0.14
1996
6.66
0.58
Male
1572
248.23
21.28
1572
2.35
0.16
1572
9.16
1.25
Female
1852
242.45
15.75
1852
1.76
0.14
1852
6.63
0.51
Total (Female)
8017
237.07
16.51
14870
2.03
0.33
14870
7.8
1.65
Total (Male)
6853
241.51
20.33
Senior
The most difficult event for the students goes to the long-distance running, according to the result that
the majority of them only have got the edge of “Pass” or the “Good” class and the integral level is not so
satisfying on this event, which keeps up with the integral level of the nation. Secondly, the full sphere
seems very difficult for them too, especially for the girls, with the poor result. It is because that they
have not attached much importance on the training of upper limbs’ strength since they were in primary
school and junior school and it is a little bit late to catch up with the standard only by the efforts in
university. Although the strength and the process of training have been emphasized in the P.E.
curriculum for the girls, it is not so effective on the ground that the cumulation of strength cannot take
into effect in a short period.
3 Conclusion and Suggestion
3.1 On the basis of current analysis of the statistics, we cannot infer whether our reform of P.E.
curriculum (combining some of the tests required by the Standard with the regular P.E. courses), but we
insist that if we go on, it works in the next year and shows the partial improvement in the specific data.
3.2 We should strengthen the idea in students’ minds that taking exercises is beneficial for their health to
push them to participate in various kinds of sports. Only by the “in class and after class” integration
teaching mode can we ensure formally that the undergraduates are “exercising” on the fields instead of
staying at the internet bar.
3.3 We should further the reform of P.E. curriculum to guide the students to take exercises consciously
without the purpose of passing the tests of the Standard.
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About the Author:
Cai Qifei, male, born in Xishui, Hubei Province; June, 1972; Associate Professor; major in College
Physical Education and Health.
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